Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess whether supervised slackline training reduces
the risk of falls in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods: Twenty-two patients with …

The foot‐sole cutaneous receptors (section 2), their function in stance control (sway
minimisation, exploratory role)(2.1), and the modulation of their effects by gait pattern and …

Purpose. Maintaining balance during static standing postures requires the coordination of
many neuromuscular mechanisms. The role of the intrinsic and extrinsic foot muscles in this …

Balance training aims to improve balance and transfer acquired skills to real-life tasks. How
older adults adapt gait to different conditions, and whether these adaptations are altered by …

We addressed postural instability during stance with eyes closed (EC) on a compliant
surface in healthy young people. Spectral analysis of the centre of foot pressure oscillations …

Gait initiation (GI) involves passing from bipedal to unipedal stance. It requires a rapid
movement of the center of foot pressure (CoP) towards the future swing foot and of the …

The purpose of our study was to evaluate the accuracy with which classification algorithms
could distinguish among standing postures based on center-of-pressure (CoP) trajectories …

The aim of this study was to develop a methodology based on muscle synergies to
investigate whether rectilinear and curvilinear walking shared the same neuro-motor …

This study aimed to assess modulation of lower leg muscle reflex excitability and co-
contraction during unipedal balancing on compliant surfaces in young and older adults …

Despite the abundance of studies on the control of standing balance, insights about the
roles of biomechanics and neural control have been limited. Previous work introduced an …